Coach Serge Crevecoeur lost with Brussels in the Mons Arena and did a bad job in Elite Silver. — © BELGA
Basketbal BNXT League Elite Silver: Bergen – Circus Brussels 78-72
Brussel –
No second victory in Elite Silver for Circus Brussels. The club from the capital lost the second Belgian match, this time in Mons, 78-72. Brussels is playing with fire towards the Belgian play-offs. The bonus with which they started the play-offs has already completely disappeared.
Without Louis Hazard (ankle injury), Circus Brussels missed an important rotation opportunity in the match against Mons. However, the absence of the experienced Belgian should not be an excuse for the people of Brussels. If Terry Deroover and his teammates wanted to defend their sixth place after the Belgian regular phase, they could not afford defeat in the Mons Arena. After a defeat against Leuven Bears on the opening day of Elite Silver, a new disappointment followed. Another Belgian match.
Halfway through, Circus Brussels in Mons faced a 44-34 deficit after a weak defensive performance. It narrowly won the third and fourth quarters and therefore the second half (34-38), but was never really able to recover and ultimately suffered a 78-72 defeat.
Bonus gone
With one out of three, Circus Brussels is in a shared second place with Leuven Bears in the Elite Silver ranking. Due to the two defeats and a three out of three from the people of Leuven, they have completely lost their bonus towards the Belgian play-offs. Brussels also feels the hot breath of Okapi Aalst and that of Bergen (two out of three) on the neck. The Onions also achieved three consecutive Elite Silver victories. Serge Crevecoeur’s team can be fortunate that Kortrijk Spurs (two out of four) also missed their start somewhat. Everything is still open in the battle for a place in the Belgian play-offs, for which eight teams can qualify (five from Elite Gold and three from Elite Silver).
“If we do not want to completely lose our favorable starting position, we urgently need to win,” realizes coach Crevecoeur. “We are currently blowing too much cold and hot and we can no longer afford that. A series of several victories is in order. On Wednesday we host Yoast United Nijmegen and a win is a must.”
Bergen-Circus Brussels 78-72
Quartz: 17-14, 27-20, 10-13, 24-25
Bergen: Dedrie 24, Garrison 6, Castlin 20, Mortant 10, Santelj 5, Depuydt 2Toppin 11, Stilmant 0
Brussels: Watson-Gayle 11, Libert 4, Harris 22, Horvath 7, Desiron 15, Ambrose 8, Hanqiuez 2, Deroover 3, Tshimanga 0